"You'd better ring your mom and let her know that you're staying over."
Jon nodded and pulled out his cell phone, noting that it was now the one that Karyn used to have. They didn't even have the same interface. He hit the number for Karyn's mom. "Umm...hi....it's me. I'm going to stay over with Karyn for dinner. Is it all right? Yes, it's fine with Mrs. Gibson. Okay, bye...Ummm...love you too."
Karyn looked at him. "Jon, you really have to calm down...you are so jumpy that people are going to think something is wrong. What exactly is so bad about this situation? We're best friends. We like a lot of the same things."
"Yeah, but this makes me realize how different we actually are," Jon said. "I mean, I had to hang out with your other friends...you probably think of them as mine now. So...imagine hanging out with them?"
Karyn thought about it for a moment, and an odd smile came onto her face.
